MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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